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2 unusual facts about Austin Peay State University


Glyn O'Malley

He was a Guest Artist or Visiting Professor at a wide range of institutions nationwide, including: Harvard University, Austin Peay State University, Sarah Lawrence College, North Carolina School of the Arts, The American Academy of Dramatic Arts, The Juilliard School among others.

Michael Burkard

He has been a visiting writer at New York University (1991) and the University of Louisville (1992, 1996), as well as a writer-in-residence at Austin Peay State University (1990).


Austin Peay

Entities named for Peay include Austin Peay State University, which he had authorized while governor, a bridge over the Cumberland River (since demolished) in Jackson County, and a highway in West Tennessee (a portion of Tennessee State Route 14).

Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium

On September 5, 1987, Willie Nelson performed a concert at the stadium to raise money for Farm Aid, following a Kansas State football game against Austin Peay State.

Douglas S. Jackson

Most of the descendants of these three physicians and brothers entered the medical field, but Doug chose instead the study of law following his graduation from Battle Ground Academy in Franklin, Tennessee and Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee.

Dunn Center

The Winfield Dunn Center (officially the Winfield Dunn Health and Physical Education Building and Convocation Complex) is a 132,000 square-foot facility, located on the main campus of Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee.

Nathan L. Bachman

He attended several colleges, including the former Southwestern Presbyterian University in Clarksville, Tennessee (the predecessor institution to the current Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee; the campus is the current setting of Austin Peay State University), Central University in Richmond, Kentucky (now merged with Centre College in Danville, Kentucky), and Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia.


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